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one of the tragedies of the clinton administration was the ranking of the patent office and the rules for patents. this has cost america daily, because basically we are being ripped off, both in medicines and inventions where we were very successful in the past, adding to the actual foundation of our economy. do you have some plans for doing something for the patent office? and i had one request. when we close this, will you lead us in the pledge of allegiance? >> ok, i would be honored to. all right, the harvard person here. where is our microphone. >> here you go, harvard. >> in the first debate a while back, you stated that he would not increase taxes, even if they agreed to decrease spending 10 times as much. how do you feel like you will be able to do all these big plans when you are so unwilling to compromise? [laughter] >> well, because i have done it twice before. in 1981, we helped pass the reagan tax-cut program by getting democrats to vote with us. we appealed to the american people, and the american people appealed to the country. they went to the congress and said, you ha
one of the tragedies of the clinton administration was the ranking of the patent office and the rules for patents. this has cost america daily, because basically we are being ripped off, both in medicines and inventions where we were very successful in the past, adding to the actual foundation of our economy. do you have some plans for doing something for the patent office? and i had one request. when we close this, will you lead us in the pledge of allegiance? >> ok, i would be honored...
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when you look at the job market, i was in the clinton administration and 1994 and 1995. it took longer back in 19903 that it did in the current recovery, yet people were worried about diminished expectations for the future. there were ups and downs, but we were on a better path. in this recovery and the past two recoveries, we are having very closely to the line from the early '90s. we are doing a lot better than in early 2000. it is important we stay on at higher kerf. i remember the bank at that time and it's magnified because of the changes in the industry because of new media outlets. one of the places we have seen job losses is newspapers. we have -- every chapter had one box on data. in one chapter, we've got some information about the hottest fields and which are the least talk. newspapers were the least hot. i think the media is changing and now it is around the clock. i think it is a problem for the public because the data are bought tile and the nature of the economy is it's a very diverse and there is not one sector that tells you the whole story for the econo
when you look at the job market, i was in the clinton administration and 1994 and 1995. it took longer back in 19903 that it did in the current recovery, yet people were worried about diminished expectations for the future. there were ups and downs, but we were on a better path. in this recovery and the past two recoveries, we are having very closely to the line from the early '90s. we are doing a lot better than in early 2000. it is important we stay on at higher kerf. i remember the bank at...
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>> i think bill clinton, president clinton and secretary as secretary -- hilary as secretary of state do not like me very much. i was chair of the government oversight committee during the time we were investigating whitewater and we were investigating campaign contributions that came from sources outside the united states and from various people. there was an awful lot to that. we had people testifying like johnny chung, they had contributed money to gain favor with the white house. and they came into the kitchen at hong kong and said we wonder -- we like your president and we want to contribute to his campaign. the man who said that was the equivalent of the cia. these were people who were under oath and swore to this and we also had over 100 people take the fifth amendment or flee the country. there was a lot there. that is not to say that president clinton did not do some good things. he worked with newt gingrich and we got out from under some difficult financial problems but i do believe and i still believe there was some illegal activities that took place and we were unable to g
>> i think bill clinton, president clinton and secretary as secretary -- hilary as secretary of state do not like me very much. i was chair of the government oversight committee during the time we were investigating whitewater and we were investigating campaign contributions that came from sources outside the united states and from various people. there was an awful lot to that. we had people testifying like johnny chung, they had contributed money to gain favor with the white house. and...
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clinton? well, bill clinton couldn't find 150 words to discuss foreign policy in an acceptance speech that lasted an hour. [applause] as was said of an earlier democratic candidate, bill clinton's foreign policy experience is pretty much confined to having had breakfast once at the international house of pancakes. [applause] >> let's recall what happened. let's look at the record and recall what happened, under george bush, more human beings escaped from tyranny to freedom than in any other four-year period in history. [applause] for any man to call this a record of failure is cheap, political rhetoric politicians who only know how to build themselves up btearing america down, and we do not want that kind of leadership in the united states. [applause] the presidency, my friends -- the presidency is also an office the theodore roosevelt called america's bully pulpit, and harry truman said it was preeminently a place of moral leadership. george bush is a defender of right to life, and lifelong c
clinton? well, bill clinton couldn't find 150 words to discuss foreign policy in an acceptance speech that lasted an hour. [applause] as was said of an earlier democratic candidate, bill clinton's foreign policy experience is pretty much confined to having had breakfast once at the international house of pancakes. [applause] >> let's recall what happened. let's look at the record and recall what happened, under george bush, more human beings escaped from tyranny to freedom than in any...
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bill clinton was a successful president. he got impeached, but years later people wish they had him back. >> didn't the whitewater movement lead to that? was the impeachment a mistake? >> on the issues related to monica lewinsky, i wish it had been different. our wish in hindsight, ken starr is a wonderful mayor, and he went where the case took him. >> you were part of the investigation. >> i feel strongly that we had parallel investigations, and if we have stopped to financial crimes aspect of whitewater, if we had taken the records, if we had done the things, and people do not remember these things and the reason mike huckabee became governor of arkansas, we uncovered something called casa grande, the governor of arkansas, we uncovered his illegal activity, and he was indicted and convicted byron -- by a jury, only the 10th time that a sitting governor went to prison. your mike huckabee ascended to become governor of arkansas. that is how he became governor. he was the deputy attorney general. the guys who want to blow of
bill clinton was a successful president. he got impeached, but years later people wish they had him back. >> didn't the whitewater movement lead to that? was the impeachment a mistake? >> on the issues related to monica lewinsky, i wish it had been different. our wish in hindsight, ken starr is a wonderful mayor, and he went where the case took him. >> you were part of the investigation. >> i feel strongly that we had parallel investigations, and if we have stopped to...
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the republicans voted to impeach clinton. after some of the people ended up being defeated on that, but the leadership still had to vote for it under newt gingrich. i think there is a very real issue that you'll see some resolution on some of these issues. aquasco representative frank what is working about the dodd- frank legislation in your view, and if you could what would you change about it? >> i would have merged the securities exchange commission and the commodities futures trading commission. they have very similar duties, overlapping duties. the problem is that the sec was set up to monitor the stock market. the commodity futures trading commission which used to be primarily for agriculture not so much anymore, but a cultural split. they are distrustful of the sec said that one could not have been done. i would have weakened those provisions that said -- i would at changed the rules to say they could not take this on over payday vendors and other unregulated entities. i would have given them the power to deal with tho
the republicans voted to impeach clinton. after some of the people ended up being defeated on that, but the leadership still had to vote for it under newt gingrich. i think there is a very real issue that you'll see some resolution on some of these issues. aquasco representative frank what is working about the dodd- frank legislation in your view, and if you could what would you change about it? >> i would have merged the securities exchange commission and the commodities futures trading...
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>> you try this touchy-feely stuff and he does not try to be bill clinton. he will not try to feel our pain. trying to be likable is always a mistake. the harder you try, the worse it is. [laughter] >> i should know. i tried to do that in high school. [laughter] >> you watch him. what do you mean? i am not likable? i won the republican nomination. do you sense in connection with the audience, comparticularly compared to other politicians? people still seem enthusiastic about beating barack obama. >> it is hard to tell how much of the excitement is people who do want to see barack obama succeed. he liked paul ryan so much because paul ryan talks from the get been he is a straight shooter. you don't get the idea that he is -- he yanks the microphone off of the podium and goes walking around. i think he gets a lot of people feeling like he could go have a beer with them. at almost the event and have -- at almost every event i have been to, people are impressed that he does not have a teleprompter. >> when you think about the house members, the barometer of frus
>> you try this touchy-feely stuff and he does not try to be bill clinton. he will not try to feel our pain. trying to be likable is always a mistake. the harder you try, the worse it is. [laughter] >> i should know. i tried to do that in high school. [laughter] >> you watch him. what do you mean? i am not likable? i won the republican nomination. do you sense in connection with the audience, comparticularly compared to other politicians? people still seem enthusiastic about...
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bill clinton vetoed this bill twice. we have hard opposition by was able to work together and we made compromises but not on the core principles. the core principles were about ending the program and putting time limits on welfare. we were able to compromise on things like transportation funding all in order to get a consensus that poverty is not a disability. and the programs we need to put in place should transition people and not make them dependent. and we got 17 democrats to vote -- >> this question is, if the leader of the democrats promised to make you a one-term president, how we should deal with the more effectively than barack obama? >> it comes down to one word and that word is trust. and when the american people look at the political process -- they hear all of this language and they still walk away with the belief that they're not being represented in congress and there is no trust in the executive branch and a partisan proposal will land in the garbage can. the first press conference i had in 2004 was on et
bill clinton vetoed this bill twice. we have hard opposition by was able to work together and we made compromises but not on the core principles. the core principles were about ending the program and putting time limits on welfare. we were able to compromise on things like transportation funding all in order to get a consensus that poverty is not a disability. and the programs we need to put in place should transition people and not make them dependent. and we got 17 democrats to vote --...
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we are all a little weary of the clinton/gore routine. [cheers and applause] but the wheel has turned, and it is time. it is time for them to go. [cheers and applause] in this election, they will speak endlessly of rest. we will speak of progress. they will make accusations. we will make proposals. they will seek fear. we will enable whole. they will offer more lectures and legalism and carefully worded denial. [cheers and applause] we offer another way -- a better way and a stiff dose of truth. [cheers and applause] for eight years, the achievement gap in our schools has grown worse. disadvantaged children are falling further and further behind. for all their sentimental talk about children, clinton and gore have done nothing to help children oppressed by bureaucracy, monopoly, and mediocrity. [applause] but those days are ending. when george w. bush is president and i am vice-president, tests will be taken, results will be in majored, and no child will be left behind. [cheers and applause] for eight years, clinton and gore have talked a
we are all a little weary of the clinton/gore routine. [cheers and applause] but the wheel has turned, and it is time. it is time for them to go. [cheers and applause] in this election, they will speak endlessly of rest. we will speak of progress. they will make accusations. we will make proposals. they will seek fear. we will enable whole. they will offer more lectures and legalism and carefully worded denial. [cheers and applause] we offer another way -- a better way and a stiff dose of...
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the other candidates, they scared me away from gingrich, even though he did a good job working with clinton. but the ethics community organization, getting fined, and the money he took from freddie mack. and as far as -- if i had a second choice, i would pick rick santorum. rick perry doesn't impress me. so -- my prediction is that on tuesday night, mitt romney will win the iowa caucus. a second-place finish. and then a strong third finish from paul. but i don't think paul will get the token monination. i -- nomination. i think ron paul is out there with foreign policy. i like what he wants to do and that he's out there. >> thanks very much. historically, the republican caucuses have taken place -- no candidate has won both. it will be interesting to see what happens a week from tuesday. the primary test on january 10. and then the february intermission. a handful of primaries in february. next is a viewer from fort worth, texas. go ahead. >> i was just calling. i watched leaving tonight with -- newt seems like he doesn't have the spark in his eye, and this is not in his heart. he just -- i
the other candidates, they scared me away from gingrich, even though he did a good job working with clinton. but the ethics community organization, getting fined, and the money he took from freddie mack. and as far as -- if i had a second choice, i would pick rick santorum. rick perry doesn't impress me. so -- my prediction is that on tuesday night, mitt romney will win the iowa caucus. a second-place finish. and then a strong third finish from paul. but i don't think paul will get the token...
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made bill clinton a deficit reducer. and ross is a little [laughter] down near the end the elevator wasn't going all the way to the top, yet ross perot, et cetera remember, won 20% of the vote almost. shows you how americans are really hungry. i just think if president obama, and i say because he's president, just said i'm going to chuck off the extra rod, plus go home. i going to run a radically responsible, radically bold, radically visionary campaign. one things democrats will always tell you, republicans are impossible, they're trying to stop everything. i'm not going to get in that whether it's true or not in the congress. i think there's a lot of truth to it. we can debate all of that later. my frustration is that may all be true in congress but i feel the administration of the presence has never actually gone to the people. ok, these guys are blocking me. not to my base. i will go to the people with the plan. i will call up simpson or bowles and republicans who voted for that and say boys and girls, we're going to
made bill clinton a deficit reducer. and ross is a little [laughter] down near the end the elevator wasn't going all the way to the top, yet ross perot, et cetera remember, won 20% of the vote almost. shows you how americans are really hungry. i just think if president obama, and i say because he's president, just said i'm going to chuck off the extra rod, plus go home. i going to run a radically responsible, radically bold, radically visionary campaign. one things democrats will always tell...
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you might remember that on january 25, the first day of the revolution, secretary clinton and said the egyptian government was stable and that it was looking for ways -- and i am quoting. the following day, she called on all parties, meaning the protesters and the regime, to exercise restraint, setting up "some kind of moral equivalency between the predecessors and the regime's apparatus." the following day, vice president biden said that mr. mubarak was not a dictator. in fact, if you want to go deeper with the this, we can speculate that the message given to mr. mubarak on february 5 was not the message that we were hearing the american administration was presenting -- immediate change now. in fact, the message he told reporters afterward was in order for an orderly transition to take place, mr. mubarak meets tuesday in place to oversee that transition in september. is there is really a dilemma for the united states as witnessed by the recent ngo controversy. the u.s. has decreased influence, not only in egypt, but across the region. an authoritarian state which does not allow citize
you might remember that on january 25, the first day of the revolution, secretary clinton and said the egyptian government was stable and that it was looking for ways -- and i am quoting. the following day, she called on all parties, meaning the protesters and the regime, to exercise restraint, setting up "some kind of moral equivalency between the predecessors and the regime's apparatus." the following day, vice president biden said that mr. mubarak was not a dictator. in fact, if...
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obama is not mockish like carter, not sleazy like clinton. he'd probably make a lovely next door neighbor as long as you're not chinese then he'd be constantly borrowing stuff. [applause] voters with 40 years of politically correct education are ecstatic to have the first black president. they love the idea of it, even if we did get flavo flav instead of thomas soul. when is it going to be ok in this country to admit we elected a man based on the color of his skin? host: some reaction, ann coulter? guest: she's a friend. she's probably the most colorful person still out there not running for office in politics today and her whole schtick is making outrageous statements in front of crowds like that. she had her moment but no impact on the political process. she picks up that line that the only reason he got elected is because he's black. that, to me, is so low. host: in the book, you say barack obama is the first black president of the harvard law review, the fifth black man elected to the u.s. senate and the first black u.s. president but man
obama is not mockish like carter, not sleazy like clinton. he'd probably make a lovely next door neighbor as long as you're not chinese then he'd be constantly borrowing stuff. [applause] voters with 40 years of politically correct education are ecstatic to have the first black president. they love the idea of it, even if we did get flavo flav instead of thomas soul. when is it going to be ok in this country to admit we elected a man based on the color of his skin? host: some reaction, ann...
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secretary clinton opened the latin american idea partnership to encourage u.s. small businesses to build a partnership with small businesses in latin america. it is a piece of a larger initiative that president obama launched as he was traveling in april to help small businesses navigate the complexities of international trade. we have linked are now works with similar centers throughout the hemisphere to create a network of the americas with over 2000 serving 2 million businesses, leading them closely together to provide small business owners with an on ramp to the economy. it builds on several years of work under an initiative in building and development throughout latin america. we are focused on the fact that women of her special obstacles. this is why the president launched the women's initiative to promote access to training, finance, and access. our businesses have moved beyond selling products to latin america. they are working hand in hand to build complete businesses from supply chains to retail partnerships. secretary clinton's initiative challenges a
secretary clinton opened the latin american idea partnership to encourage u.s. small businesses to build a partnership with small businesses in latin america. it is a piece of a larger initiative that president obama launched as he was traveling in april to help small businesses navigate the complexities of international trade. we have linked are now works with similar centers throughout the hemisphere to create a network of the americas with over 2000 serving 2 million businesses, leading them...
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everyone knows that did not happen because of bill clinton but it happened after multiple clinton vetoes. the most sweeping reform of entitlements since the great depression with welfare reform moving to million people from welfare to work and from dependency to independent. that's his message, he's done it before. the second message that the caller was on to is his very forward-looking reform agenda if he became president. i was at the march 2011 forum for the faith and freedom coalition which kicked off the iowa caucus campaign. it was one of the largest evangelical maggot churches in west -- megachurches in west des moines. he said as soon as he took the oath of office, he would walk into an anteroom and these executive orders that he would sign. he started ticking through them. restore the mexico city policy that prevents the use of tax dollars to promote abortion overseas. an executive order moving the u.s. embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem. that is the capital and that is where our embassy should be. thirdly, revealing and revoking every part of obamacare that he could.
everyone knows that did not happen because of bill clinton but it happened after multiple clinton vetoes. the most sweeping reform of entitlements since the great depression with welfare reform moving to million people from welfare to work and from dependency to independent. that's his message, he's done it before. the second message that the caller was on to is his very forward-looking reform agenda if he became president. i was at the march 2011 forum for the faith and freedom coalition which...
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the one that got together with clinton was john case, in ohio. i am so sick of hearing about the lincoln douglas debate. we are talking about the future. gingrich was on, and he constantly bad mouthed mitt romney, saying he would be an embarrassment to his grandchildren. he had enough nerve to bring his grandchildren into this. he said that he was working hard for america. what about all of those affairs? he talks about how upset that he was that he did not get on the virginia ballot. you know what? alan keyes did. alan keyes. this is the speaker that is supposed to be so brilliant, he did not go to virginia? he should have stayed and worked. mitt romney helped to get a lot people elected in for the tent. newt gingrich thinks he can come in and do what he wants. and what he said about mitt romney's grandchildren, i think that newt gingrich is fair game. these family values candidates? they want a contract? do you want something like gingrich, with all of his dirty, marital affairs? or do you want someone like obama, with a beautiful family? ameri
the one that got together with clinton was john case, in ohio. i am so sick of hearing about the lincoln douglas debate. we are talking about the future. gingrich was on, and he constantly bad mouthed mitt romney, saying he would be an embarrassment to his grandchildren. he had enough nerve to bring his grandchildren into this. he said that he was working hard for america. what about all of those affairs? he talks about how upset that he was that he did not get on the virginia ballot. you know...
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overwhelming the clinton campaign in terms of the grass roots. but, just as crucially, the youth vote in 2008 went roughly tt 01. more than td 01. -- more then two to 1. we are seeing in 2012 a different dynamic. in north carolina, a state which has a tremendous number of universities, particularly in the research area, there has been a sharp drop-off in registration and we have seen more restrictive voter registration laws around the country really crimping the obama campaign. in addition, the polls show that the use of both, while strong for president obama, is not enthusiastic. the recession has hurt young people. they have to solidify their 2008 gains on this campus and create a sense of enthusiasm at a time, or frankly, when young people are not feeling fired up. host: before that, he ran the site of a blogged. he now writes for "politico." last question before we let you go, this marks, for the president, for the obama campaign, marshaling the troops, is there any coincidence to the fact that he is talking to two colleges at a time when col
overwhelming the clinton campaign in terms of the grass roots. but, just as crucially, the youth vote in 2008 went roughly tt 01. more than td 01. -- more then two to 1. we are seeing in 2012 a different dynamic. in north carolina, a state which has a tremendous number of universities, particularly in the research area, there has been a sharp drop-off in registration and we have seen more restrictive voter registration laws around the country really crimping the obama campaign. in addition, the...
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clinton and i were able to hammer out four consecutive balanced budgets and paid off $405 billion of debt. that is the only time in your lifetime you have had four balanced budgets. [applause] this is part of why speaker o'brien and i identify with each other because we're speakers to believe in balanced budgets. in that context, what would you do today? i am for sound money. i would fire bernanke, shrink the role of the fed -- [applause] i would focus the fed on a stable dollar. taxes -- zero capital gains tax so money pours into the united states. [applause] 12.5% corporate tax rate which would free up billions of dollars from overseas and would allow american companies to compete on a fair and level playing field. at two 0.5%, general electric would actually pay taxes. [applause] 100% expenses -- no one realized how much precision manufacturing there is in new hampshire. what you want to do was at 100% expensing. if you buy new equipment, you write it off in one year. we want american workers to be the best equipped workers in the world with the greatest productivity. it is the on
clinton and i were able to hammer out four consecutive balanced budgets and paid off $405 billion of debt. that is the only time in your lifetime you have had four balanced budgets. [applause] this is part of why speaker o'brien and i identify with each other because we're speakers to believe in balanced budgets. in that context, what would you do today? i am for sound money. i would fire bernanke, shrink the role of the fed -- [applause] i would focus the fed on a stable dollar. taxes -- zero...
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this goes back in the media history to the clinton administration, and even the first bush administration, with regard to whether it was iraq, kosovo, or the whole panoply of deployments. this discussion never took place in the general public as to the transition of the national guard and being, by default, and operational force. some of us in the congress at that time said that we had a new draft, by default, and that what we were doing was drafting the national guard across the country. i make those editorial preambles because we are still not dealing with it now. except the same sequence is taking place. this new budget that we have to deal with today, there is a letter coming forward that has been mentioned, and i assume it will be signed by every governor it has not been already, we need to take this up with the secretary of defense my point is this. whether it is current funding with regard to the international guard in this instance, or whether it is dealing with the after effects of multiple deployments, and the effect of the veterans a ministration, we have not come to grips, the
this goes back in the media history to the clinton administration, and even the first bush administration, with regard to whether it was iraq, kosovo, or the whole panoply of deployments. this discussion never took place in the general public as to the transition of the national guard and being, by default, and operational force. some of us in the congress at that time said that we had a new draft, by default, and that what we were doing was drafting the national guard across the country. i...
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i used to say this about president clinton. moderate voters locked in on him because they saw nafta, balanced budget, welfare reform. the base locked in on bill clinton because they saw a guy raised by a single mom on the other side of the tracks, and they all came at him for different reasons. that is not differ about ronald reagan, who put a very interesting coalition together that never sat together at the table. every president has people of different takes come to them and lock in on different things. i do not see that at all contradictory. if anything, i see it as a success of a good public servant, from a political standpoint. >> debased came back to bill clinton, in large measure, because of his enemy. will that be enough to get the democrat party excited again about barack obama in november? simply running against mitt romney? >> i think campaigns do matter. i think it depends on how mitt romney runs. if he runs the way he has been, that will excite people. it is interesting -- i talk to people will consider themselves
i used to say this about president clinton. moderate voters locked in on him because they saw nafta, balanced budget, welfare reform. the base locked in on bill clinton because they saw a guy raised by a single mom on the other side of the tracks, and they all came at him for different reasons. that is not differ about ronald reagan, who put a very interesting coalition together that never sat together at the table. every president has people of different takes come to them and lock in on...
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in many ways, it has been a continuity of the things we saw during the clinton years, for a whole host of reasons. >> center for a new american security. this is very much a follow-on question. all the panelists address this in part, by not explicitly. -- have addressed this in part, but not explicitly. what are the issues that will define how the national security will be determined? how will that come down in terms of one, two, or three issues? >> quickly down the line here. >> any president has to deal with the cards that have been dealt, and the cards that have been dealt this president and the next president are what is happening in the arab world. the most substantial event of our current period is the arab awakening, the arab spring, what ever you want to call it, because however it shakes out is going to reshape that part of the world, which remains a very important part of the world. i would think that managing as best we can, understanding the limitations of our ability to manage it, ought to be at least in the top two. i do think that how the united states -- you are saying
in many ways, it has been a continuity of the things we saw during the clinton years, for a whole host of reasons. >> center for a new american security. this is very much a follow-on question. all the panelists address this in part, by not explicitly. -- have addressed this in part, but not explicitly. what are the issues that will define how the national security will be determined? how will that come down in terms of one, two, or three issues? >> quickly down the line here....
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the publicly leased land is less than half that of president clinton's term. not only will the slowdown in domestic production drive up fuel prices, it also takes away jobs from tens of thousands of oil industry workers. the same is true for the keystone pipeline. it would produce thousands of good-paying construction jobs and tens of thousands more at u.s. refineries and suppliers. that pipeline would assure the united states 830,000 barrels of oil from our friend to the north, canada. after four years of environmental reviews and regulatory approvals, the obama administration is still stalling. if we wait, the canadians have indicated they can shift their oil, and a huge opportunity will have been lost. our message to the president is, we can't keep going. 13 million unemployed americans can't wait until after this year's election or next year's baseball season. we ask the president to help get a bipartisan jobs bill through the democrat-controlled senate and for an energy policy that puts american workers and families first. >> all this weekend when bringin
the publicly leased land is less than half that of president clinton's term. not only will the slowdown in domestic production drive up fuel prices, it also takes away jobs from tens of thousands of oil industry workers. the same is true for the keystone pipeline. it would produce thousands of good-paying construction jobs and tens of thousands more at u.s. refineries and suppliers. that pipeline would assure the united states 830,000 barrels of oil from our friend to the north, canada. after...
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so i went in there and she came walking out and she had a hillary clinton button on. [laughter] >> i said steve, thanks for sending me over there. [laughter] >> he -- of course he was at the town hall meeting and matthew stanley's mother who -- you know, asked me to wear this bracelet. i always have. [applause] >> we've got a couple of minutes left. i want to turn lens around minute and ask you to talk about my side of the business, because we spend so much time up here as reporters trying to get it right. very often don't get it right. but that's thanks to the independence of the voters here that keep surprising us from time to time. i want to direct this first at senator mccain with a specific question, but i want senator kerry to also talk about it. in the fall of 2009 you launched the straight talk express and got on the bus and invited us to the back and sad for hours answering questions on the record to the point that i occasionally had to get off the bus and get on another bus to get work done, because your stamina was quite remarkable, and you were willing to
so i went in there and she came walking out and she had a hillary clinton button on. [laughter] >> i said steve, thanks for sending me over there. [laughter] >> he -- of course he was at the town hall meeting and matthew stanley's mother who -- you know, asked me to wear this bracelet. i always have. [applause] >> we've got a couple of minutes left. i want to turn lens around minute and ask you to talk about my side of the business, because we spend so much time up here as...
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63 under clinton and bush. this administration, 150. 2 1/2 times the number of crashing regulations to drive business out of this country. look at what the president did with the national labor relations board. i am not anti-union. i am anti-government coming down come on the side of companies doing right unions forced them to do. i will reduce bridges -- i will remove regulations that cost over $100 million. finally, we need an energy policy that keeps our energy costs low. the administration last year passed an epa regulation that will cause 65 coal power plants to be shut down. they have a war on fossil fuels. they do not want to drill it, minot, burn it. what is going to happen? i know there is a big issue in new hampshire called the northern pass. what happens if we shut down 65 power plants? where will we get that power from. i love it when people say solar and wind. how much space power to all of the solar panels and windmills' built in america contribute to the electric grid in america. zero. why zero?
63 under clinton and bush. this administration, 150. 2 1/2 times the number of crashing regulations to drive business out of this country. look at what the president did with the national labor relations board. i am not anti-union. i am anti-government coming down come on the side of companies doing right unions forced them to do. i will reduce bridges -- i will remove regulations that cost over $100 million. finally, we need an energy policy that keeps our energy costs low. the administration...
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with bush and clinton there were 60 on average. last year, under president obama, there were 150 of those types of regulations. i would repeal every one of them and replaced with ones are less costly or not replace them at all. >> why not go to 0? >> there's no question it would be great not to have taxes but we have that taxes to pay for our military and programs to care for those who cannot pay for themselves, but the levels are too high. government at all levels during john f. kennedy pursued -- assumed 27% of our economy. we're inches away from no longer being a free economy and democrat friends want this to be -- they just want more. government is already too big. have to rein in the scale of the federal government and we need to have the tax rates brought down to be competitive with other nations. we also of to make sure we give relief to people who need it most, the people who need it most. the people have been hurt most are the middle class. i've put in place a significant savings incentives and eliminate any tax on savings
with bush and clinton there were 60 on average. last year, under president obama, there were 150 of those types of regulations. i would repeal every one of them and replaced with ones are less costly or not replace them at all. >> why not go to 0? >> there's no question it would be great not to have taxes but we have that taxes to pay for our military and programs to care for those who cannot pay for themselves, but the levels are too high. government at all levels during john f....
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bill clinton gets the nomination. you have the new democrat bill clinton and george herbert walker bush. suddenly ross perot goes on cnn, larry king, and says i will run as an independent if i can be on the ballot in all 50 states. if i am drafted. i am not going to go out there and run the typical campaign. people want my ideas, the ones we talked debt the outset here, particularly balancing the budget and stopping of outsourcing of jobs. he was opposed to the war in iraq because he thought it was going to be a mistake. special forces should have gone in and killed saddam hussein. he watched his amazing third- party run and started soaring in the polls and became the darling of the summer of 1992. we will pick up the rest of the story in a little bit. >> let's show that larry king live interview where ross perot announces his willingness to run. >> let's go down to grassroots america were the people are hurting. people are saying, why are we in this mess? first of all, look in the mirror. we are the owners of this co
bill clinton gets the nomination. you have the new democrat bill clinton and george herbert walker bush. suddenly ross perot goes on cnn, larry king, and says i will run as an independent if i can be on the ballot in all 50 states. if i am drafted. i am not going to go out there and run the typical campaign. people want my ideas, the ones we talked debt the outset here, particularly balancing the budget and stopping of outsourcing of jobs. he was opposed to the war in iraq because he thought it...
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bill clinton had a reality. if they could of schedule a vote, nothing would become law. we had a mature adult understanding that the constitution only works when you have people putting the country for two are willing to work together to find a common solution. [applause] child poverty declined. working family incomes went up. the first tax credit in 16 years, the largest capital gains tax cut in history, and we ended up with literally 11 million new jobs and 2.4% unemployment. by the way, i want to shake your hand as soon as i'm done speaking. someone who is 90 years old and comes out because there that committed, that grateful. grateful.t [applause] this is the support that will make the difference. thank you for being here. i will come see you in just a minute. when we were formed welfare, cut spending, cut taxes, cut people back to work, the 1997 balanced budget act led to four consecutive years of a balanced budget, the on the four in your lifetime. that is a sign that we can get big things done if we know
bill clinton had a reality. if they could of schedule a vote, nothing would become law. we had a mature adult understanding that the constitution only works when you have people putting the country for two are willing to work together to find a common solution. [applause] child poverty declined. working family incomes went up. the first tax credit in 16 years, the largest capital gains tax cut in history, and we ended up with literally 11 million new jobs and 2.4% unemployment. by the way, i...
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remember, he was in a very competitive primary as well hick hick and -- hillary clinton and others. but barack obama himself eclipses the field of republicans when it comes to youth turnout. they have a problem with young voters. it is well known. it is not getting better. and i don't think when it comes to november of this year that young people are going subtly wake up and think that offshore bank account mitt romney is suddenly the person looking out for their interest and will help them find a job. host: can you respond to him or the caller mention the lack of ideas coming from the republican side. guest: the other side of the aisle would like to say they have a lock on young voters. that's not true. the last 40 years the republican party has won the youth vote four times, tied it twice more. in 2004 president bush lost the youth vote. we lost 66-32 in 2000. so we're treading in the wrong direction. why and what can we do to change it? but if you looked at 2010, you started to see that gap start to close. the national registration rates among young people went, as the caller ide
remember, he was in a very competitive primary as well hick hick and -- hillary clinton and others. but barack obama himself eclipses the field of republicans when it comes to youth turnout. they have a problem with young voters. it is well known. it is not getting better. and i don't think when it comes to november of this year that young people are going subtly wake up and think that offshore bank account mitt romney is suddenly the person looking out for their interest and will help them...
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when bill clinton was president, we did the building. now, obama is doing, i reckon, the same thing, a building down. with all of the issues that we have with the arabs pray, with iran, with china of building a navy, north korea having nuclear weapons, and all of the other issues in the world -- and to make it -- maybe i am wrong -- that is the number-one job of the federal government, is the sense of this country. >> a mmen. [applause] >> have you been to my previous town hall meetings because you sound exactly what i sound like. it is the only thing that the states cannot do. besides printing quoins and things like that. but on a major scale, the principal responsibility of the government is to keep us safe from foreign aggressors. if you look at the problems in this country as far as the explosion of spending -- i get a kick out of congressman paul who says that the reason that the budget is going out of whack is because the military industrial complex and all this spending is going on in defense. it makes a nice little narrative. it
when bill clinton was president, we did the building. now, obama is doing, i reckon, the same thing, a building down. with all of the issues that we have with the arabs pray, with iran, with china of building a navy, north korea having nuclear weapons, and all of the other issues in the world -- and to make it -- maybe i am wrong -- that is the number-one job of the federal government, is the sense of this country. >> a mmen. [applause] >> have you been to my previous town hall...
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[applause] president clinton vetoed. we communicated with the american public. we told them what will there was -- what welfare was doing and how much harm was being done. we can and we must do the same thing. go out and communicate to the american public that these programs, as well-intentioned as there, are not helping people as -- as they are, are not helping people as much as they could. and we need to give the flexibility to the local committees to make sure that these programs are not dependency programs. do what we did with welfare, give them back to the state with two requirements. number one, a work requirement, never to come a time limit. -- no. 2, a time limit. those two things. [applause] if we can do that for the rest of these programs, like we did for welfare, we can accomplish when we did in welfare. the two things we were able to accomplish -- we cut the rolls by over 50%. that is a good thing. but it is not a good thing if we cut the rules and people ended up in abject party. but that is not what happened. people went back to work. people went b
[applause] president clinton vetoed. we communicated with the american public. we told them what will there was -- what welfare was doing and how much harm was being done. we can and we must do the same thing. go out and communicate to the american public that these programs, as well-intentioned as there, are not helping people as -- as they are, are not helping people as much as they could. and we need to give the flexibility to the local committees to make sure that these programs are not...
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president clinton, senator dole, speaker gingrich. so there had been a number of challenges to doma and it is imploding. there are dozens of bankruptcy judge's ruling that it is unconstitutional as applied to the statutes that they are implementing. the attorney general says we are not going to defend the constitutionality anymore, though the administration is still enforcing it. there have been decisions now, our circuit, charcoal and of graduates. i believe two of the three panel members struck down the defense of marriage act and i think the first would be a very solid foundation for a supreme court ruling. it will issue some kind of result next june. the final question is the pairing question, the proposition a question. does the u.s. constitution requires states to recognize same-sex marriages? mclean suggested and i argued in 1996 that the constitution as a matter of principle does prohibit such discrimination. the question is not as the constitution prohibit it? i think that is the right answer and i believe that is the answer
president clinton, senator dole, speaker gingrich. so there had been a number of challenges to doma and it is imploding. there are dozens of bankruptcy judge's ruling that it is unconstitutional as applied to the statutes that they are implementing. the attorney general says we are not going to defend the constitutionality anymore, though the administration is still enforcing it. there have been decisions now, our circuit, charcoal and of graduates. i believe two of the three panel members...
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the average under clinton and bush was about 60. two and a half times. day one, i would take every single one of those obama regulations, hundreds of them, some of them we would repeal outright and not replace, and others we would repeal and replace them with options that are lower costs that believe in it the american people and not have to have government micromanage everything they do in their workplace or their home. that would stimulate this economy. americans do not like to be regulated. they do not like people being there and micro-managing everything they do. they believe in freedom. that would be a huge impetus. one of the things i hear all the time for businesses is uncertainty -- water they going to do next? what will this administration do to try to destroy my ability to make my business work, the to the early small business? these are the folks heard by regulation more than anyone else. a large business can hire other people in the compliance department, and it is just another body in a big corporation. if you're a small business, it is you,
the average under clinton and bush was about 60. two and a half times. day one, i would take every single one of those obama regulations, hundreds of them, some of them we would repeal outright and not replace, and others we would repeal and replace them with options that are lower costs that believe in it the american people and not have to have government micromanage everything they do in their workplace or their home. that would stimulate this economy. americans do not like to be regulated....
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it was a decision made by bill clinton. host: we are running out of time, so i need you to make your point quickly. caller: might take is that occupiers are going to support ron paul to disrupt the primary. host: ann selzer, are you seeing any of that? guest: we're trying to pay attention and be alert and do whatever we can to see who is supporting any of our candidates. at this point, people show up on caucus night and write their name on a piece of paper. they're willing to change their registration if need be. what happens happens. host: ann selzer, director of the des moines register iowa poll. thank you for being on "washington journal" this morning. guest: my pleasure. >> coming up later today, we will continue our road to the white house coverage with a campaign event with newt gingrich. that begins about 45 minutes from now at 5:30 p.m. eastern. we will have that live. also, more road to the white house coverage tomorrow. ron paul and his son will be campaigning at the downtown marriott in iowa. we will have that ev
it was a decision made by bill clinton. host: we are running out of time, so i need you to make your point quickly. caller: might take is that occupiers are going to support ron paul to disrupt the primary. host: ann selzer, are you seeing any of that? guest: we're trying to pay attention and be alert and do whatever we can to see who is supporting any of our candidates. at this point, people show up on caucus night and write their name on a piece of paper. they're willing to change their...
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. >> but hillary clinton will not meet with him in washington. >> well, i am telling you i met with him many times. my view is that we have the right to choose our officials, and they have the right to choose theirs in their democratic process, and we're going to talk to whoever it is that they have. second, you say israeli society is changing. of course it is changing. every society in every era changes. with someone who came to the united states now not say, "gee, isn't american politics changing? is the american society changing?" we should not expect israel to be static or lacking in dynamism or changed over time. you're right that some of the problems make it difficult. that is true on both sides. the plo started as a secular party separating church and state. one of the difficulties now is how much it -- how much thomas has made some gains because of the dynamic changes in the society. yes, it is more difficult, but that is not a reason not to do things, because they are more difficult. if they are the right things to do and if they provide an overall benefit to the society, and t
. >> but hillary clinton will not meet with him in washington. >> well, i am telling you i met with him many times. my view is that we have the right to choose our officials, and they have the right to choose theirs in their democratic process, and we're going to talk to whoever it is that they have. second, you say israeli society is changing. of course it is changing. every society in every era changes. with someone who came to the united states now not say, "gee, isn't...
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situation room, when i sat next to bob gates -- a man who was george bush's defense secretary, and hillary clinton, a woman who ran against me for president. all that mattered that day was the mission. no one thought about politics. no one thought about themselves. one of the young men involved in the raid later told me that he didn't deserve credit for the mission. it only succeeded, he said, because every single member of that unit did their job -- the pilot who landed the helicopter that spun out of control, the translator who kept others from entering the compound, the troops who separated the women and children from the fight, the seals who charged up the stairs. more than that, the mission only succeeded because every member of that unit trusted each other -- because you can't charge up those stairs, into darkness and danger, unless you know that there's someone behind you, watching your back. so it is with america. each time i look at that flag, i'm reminded that our destiny is stitched together like those fifty stars and those thirteen stripes. no one built this country on their own. this
situation room, when i sat next to bob gates -- a man who was george bush's defense secretary, and hillary clinton, a woman who ran against me for president. all that mattered that day was the mission. no one thought about politics. no one thought about themselves. one of the young men involved in the raid later told me that he didn't deserve credit for the mission. it only succeeded, he said, because every single member of that unit did their job -- the pilot who landed the helicopter that...
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he was hosted by secretary of state hillary clinton and vice president joe biden. here is a look. >> ladies and gentlemen, the vice-president, dr. jill biden, and the secretary of state, accompanied by the prime minister of great britain and northern ireland and mrs. samantha cameron. [applause] >> thank you all very much. please be seated. welcome to the state department. we are thrilled and so pleased to host this luncheon for our very special guest, prime minister and mrs. cameron. it is wonderful to see all of you celebrating spring with us and knowing that our relationship -- it is always spring. it is always being renewed. it is always curable. -- durable. it is a cornerstone of both of our nation's foreign policies, and it has such a great resonance between our two people. i want to recognize our chefs today, a native of birmingham, england, not alabama. who made herself a home in new york city as the executive chef of a couple of very hip restaurants. one, the spotted paid. -- the spotted pig. the other the breslin. it is really a delight to have april with
he was hosted by secretary of state hillary clinton and vice president joe biden. here is a look. >> ladies and gentlemen, the vice-president, dr. jill biden, and the secretary of state, accompanied by the prime minister of great britain and northern ireland and mrs. samantha cameron. [applause] >> thank you all very much. please be seated. welcome to the state department. we are thrilled and so pleased to host this luncheon for our very special guest, prime minister and mrs....
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"many of these are expected to revert to clinton era levels." >> starting out the sunday shows, president obama with an interview on "meet the press." and their efforts in congress. here is what he had to say. [video clip] >> i am confident that we will see an agreement in the next 48 hours. if that does not happen, democrats in the senate will put a bill on the floor of the senate and republicans will have to decide whether or not they will block it, meaning that middle-class taxes go up. i do not think that they would want to do that, politically, but they may wind up doing that. if all else fails so that taxes go up on middle-class families on january 1, we will come back with a new congress on the fourth and the first bill on the floor will be to cut taxes on middle-class families. i do not think that the average person is one to say -- gosh, that is a really partisan agenda on the part of the president or democrats in congress. people will say -- that makes sense, that is what the economy needs right now. if one way or another we get through this -- do i wish that things were more or
"many of these are expected to revert to clinton era levels." >> starting out the sunday shows, president obama with an interview on "meet the press." and their efforts in congress. here is what he had to say. [video clip] >> i am confident that we will see an agreement in the next 48 hours. if that does not happen, democrats in the senate will put a bill on the floor of the senate and republicans will have to decide whether or not they will block it, meaning...
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and i would agree with you about bill clinton so there. and that said, it is almost impossible because of where the party is today for you to find -- for it to have a new republican in the way that bill clinton was a new democrat at that moment until it decides -- until somebody finds the combination to the lock between appeeling to a party's aspirations while finding the rhetoric that brings new people to it. and neither one of those rhetorics are threatening as i used to jokingly say bill clinton was the perfect spork, half spoon and half fork and got everybody where they wanted. and the problems with the republican party today is you guys have ronald reagan still as your inspiration. people act as though neither bush was president. and you have taken his philosophical approach and aspirations and turned them into rigid ideology. and until you let go of that in some way and return back to what reagan was capable of doing -- >> they did -- >> you will not. >> they did win 63 seats. the problem that republicans are facing are not obvious.
and i would agree with you about bill clinton so there. and that said, it is almost impossible because of where the party is today for you to find -- for it to have a new republican in the way that bill clinton was a new democrat at that moment until it decides -- until somebody finds the combination to the lock between appeeling to a party's aspirations while finding the rhetoric that brings new people to it. and neither one of those rhetorics are threatening as i used to jokingly say bill...